—these?’ He answered, ‘These are the preachers who incite sedition.’

He then depicted Paradise and Hell, until he said: ‘After that I travelled on until I reached the Temple Mount; I entered it and prayed, and then I met the spirits of the prophets, who praised their Lord.’

He recounted an extended narration that spans three large pages. It is transmitted solely through Abū Jaʿfar al-Rāzī, who is not strong; the report itself is objectionable and resembles the tales of storytellers. I have cited it for the sake of identification, not as authoritative evidence.

Ishāq ibn Bishr—who is unreliable—also narrated, in the story of the Ascension, a ḥadīth from Ibn Jurayj, from ʿAṭāʾ, from Ibn ʿAbbās.

Maʿmar likewise reported from al-Zuhrī, from ʿUrwah, from ʿĀʾishah, who said: ‘The prayer was first prescribed for the Prophet ﷺ in Mecca as two rakʿahs, two rakʿahs; when he reached Medina…’